If you really dive behind the scenes with mortgages you will discover that they are typically based entirely on fraud and provably so. Without going into the gory details - it is generally true that there is no money being 'lent' and in fact the money is created by the process of signing the agreement. This is only really possible because of the total corruption of the 'authorities' who are intended to have oversight of it all, plus the generally naivety of the public who trust that such a giant scam could never be pulled off.. but it has been.
I have made a few posts on this topic and can link to them if anyone wants to know more.
steve-walschot 's witness server is offline and of no use to Steem (for quite a long time as far as I can tell).
I would really appreciate if you would support me with a vote to give me a chance to show what I can do for Steem and Steemit. I have a long background in software engineering and also in running social networks.Btw, I found you because I am investing a lot here in the form of technical knowledge, time, creativity and tech hardware as I am now a witness for Steem and I noticed that you are voting for @steve-walschot - but that
My witness application post is here.
Cheers!